Ashley Gardner

Ashley Gardner
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

Ashley Gardner is an American actress. She provided the voices of Nancy Gribble^[1] and Didi Hill^[2] in the animated series King of the Hill.

Career

She appeared in the sitcom Seinfeld in the episode "The Library" as Marion^[3] and in the pilot of Madman of the People.^[4]

John Simon, in his review of Keith Curran's 1991 play Walking the Dead, stated that Gardner "does wonders" as Veronica, a lesbian who has a sex change and becomes a man.^[5][6] She had previously appeared in Curran's Dalton's Back and co-starred in Timothy Mason's The Fiery Furnace.^[7][8]

Gardner has also appeared in the feature films Heart of Dixie (1989), Johnny Suede (1991)^[9] and He Said, She Said (1991) where she plays the "Classy with a capital K" ex-lover of Kevin Bacon's character who flirts by exposing her breast for him in public.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Heart of Dixie	Jean
1991	He Said, She Said	Susan
	Johnny Suede	Ellen
1993	Complex of Fear	Doreen Wylie	Television film
	Lies and Lullabies	Fran
1997	Breast Men	Paula
2000	The Mystery of Spoon River	Jeannie Manson
2002	Fits and Starts	Jolene
2006	Lost Signal	Martha Harris
2007	Sunny & Share Love You	Sean's Mom
2011	I.E.D., I.O.U.	Mrs. Batten	Short film
2014	Parallax	Rachel Cooper
2015	Chasing Eagle Rock	—

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Seinfeld	Marion	Episode: "The Library"
1992	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Eve	Episode: "Goodbye Mr. Rips"
1994	Madman of the People	Caroline	2 episodes
	The George Carlin Show	Dot	Episode: "George Gets Hoist by His Own Petard"
1995	Maybe This Time	Sherry	Episode: "Maybe This Time"
	Murder One	Marcy Ballard	Episode: "Chapter Four"
1995–1996	Grace Under Fire	Evie Burdette	2 episodes
1996	Nash Bridges	Sophia Kidwell	Episode: "The Great Escape"
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Partrica Kelly	2 episodes
	NYPD Blue	Denise	Episode: "Three Girls and a Baby"
	Brooklyn South	Bonnie Van Eggidy	Episode: "A Reverend Runs Through It"
1997–2010	King of the Hill	Nancy Gribble, Didi Hill, Reverend Karen Stroup (voices)	124 episodes
1998	Michael Hayes	—	Episode: "Imagine: Part 2"
	The Drew Carey Show	Pinky	3 episodes
	The Larry Sanders Show	Fran Schmitt	Episode: "Beverly's Secret"
	Style & Substance	Felicia	Episode: "Office Management for Beginners"
1999	Becker	Susan Fox	Episode: "Partial Law"
	Everything's Relative	Gail	2 episodes
	Ally McBeal	Martha Claven	Episode: "Only the Lonely"
	Judging Amy	Mimi Carter	Episode: "Near Death Experience"
2000	Just Shoot Me!	Lori	Episode: "With Three I Swing"
2001	Spin City	Judith	Episode: "Hey Judith"
2002	The Ellen Show	Hostess	Episode: "Just the Duck"
	Charmed	Tyler's Foster Mother	Episode: "Lost and Bound"
	Watching Ellie	Monica	Episode: "Zimmerman"
	Six Feet Under	Daughter #1	Episode: "Someone Else's Eyes"
	ER	Simone Phillips	Episode: "A Hopeless Wound"
2003	Strong Medicine	Nina	Episode: "Coming Clean"
2005	Malcolm in the Middle	Wendy	Episode: "Billboard"
2006	Close to Home	Psychologist	Episode: "Dead or Alive"
2007	Raines	Wendy Tucker	Episode: "Pilot"
	Reno 911!	Angry Teacher	Episode: "Proposition C"
2011	Beavis and Butt-Head	Additional voices	Episode: Drones"
2014	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	Cafeteria Lady	Episode: "I Got Your Back"
2016	Lopez	Bobbie	Episode: "George's Party"
2017	Tarantula	Unknown role (voice)	Episode: "The Shade"
2019	WTF 101	Baroness (voice)	Episode: "Duels"

References

1. Brooks, Marla (30 March 2005). The American Family on Television: A Chronology of 121 Shows, 1948-2004. McFarland. pp. 203–. ISBN 9780786420742. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
2. Feasey, Rebecca (2008). Masculinity and Popular Television. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 39–. ISBN 9780748627974. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
3. Seinfeld Reference: The Complete Encyclopedia with Biographies, Character Profiles & Episode Summaries. Praetorian Publishing. September 2017. pp. 188–. ISBN 9780967985244.
4. Howard Prouty (1 September 1996). Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994. Taylor & Francis. pp. 371–. ISBN 9780824037970. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
5. John Simon (27 May 1991). New York Magazine - Theater review. New York Media, LLC. pp. 73–. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
6. Willis, John (1 February 2000). Theatre World 1990-1991. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 85–. ISBN 9781557831262. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
7. New York Magazine Theater: Now Playing. New York Media, LLC. 25 October 1993. pp. 124–. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
8. Guernsey, Otis L.; Sweet, Jeffrey (1994). The Best Plays of 1993-1994. Limelight Editions. pp. 81–. ISBN 9780879101831. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
9. Willis, John (1 February 2000). Screen World 1993: Comprehensive Pictorial and Statistical Record of the 1992 Movie Season. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 169–. ISBN 9781557831750. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
10. Comey, Jeremiah (2 October 2012). The Art of Film Acting: A Guide For Actors and Directors. Taylor & Francis. pp. 307–. ISBN 9781136047213. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

External links

• Ashley Gardner at IMDb
• Ashley Gardner at the Internet Broadway Database